Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #21. The Secret in the Old Attic
by Keene, Carolyn
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Good
- Seller
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Arvada, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Good. Medium blue boards (depressed dots) with orange sillouette & printing. Orange & white endpaper illustration of Nancy with spyglass. Plain paper frontis by Tandy. Front flap lists to this title. Rear flap lists 12 Dana Girls titles, and rear panel lists 15 Judy Bolton books. Poor quality wartime pages tanned. Board edges slightly darkened and soft at corners. Jacket flap (with P.C.J.) has a 1-1/2" closed tear. Bright illustration on front of dj, white spine. Half-inch and smaller chips at corners and top edges, not affecting text. Dusty & rubbed rear panel. Appears to be first edition, 1944A per Farah's Guide.
Mylar protective cover on dust jacket.
Mylar protective cover on dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Algonquin Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16370
- Title
- Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #21. The Secret in the Old Attic
- Author
- Keene, Carolyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Nancy Drew; Girls adventure; teen fiction, series,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children & Young Adult; JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories; JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women;
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Old Algonquin Books
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About the Seller
Old Algonquin Books
Biblio member since 2006
Arvada, Colorado
About Old Algonquin Books
Old Algonquin Books. owned by John and Helen Dunning, was an open store in Denver from 1984-1994. and has been an online business since then. Member: Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA).All books with dust jackets have removable mylar covers on the jackets unless otherwise noted. First edition also means first printing unless otherwise noted.
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